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Five men and a woman were arrested in Britain on Wednesday on suspicion of belonging to banned far-right terrorist group National Action. Britain’s West Midlands Police said the suspects, aged between 21 and 37, were detained under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act, Xinhua news agency reported. The arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led with no …

Spanish riot police firing rubber bullets forced their way into activist-held polling stations in Catalonia today as thousands turned out to vote in an independence referendum banned by Madrid. At least 92 people were confirmed injured in clashes out of a total of 465 who went to hospital, emergency services said, as police cracked down …

The Malaysian Foreign Ministry on Thursday banned its citizens from travelling to Pyongyang due to escalation in tensions in the Korean peninsula. “This decision is taken in view of the escalation of tensions in the Korean peninsula and related developments arising from missile tests,” the ministry said. It added that the travel ban will be …

Tainted Pakistan batsman Khalid Latif, who has been banned for five-years by an Anti- Corruption Tribunal of the PCB on allegations of fixing has claimed to have received death threats. “Khalid during third week of June got a call from a private number on his cell phone and the unknown caller told him clearly that …

Russian athletes banned from the Rio Games will be provided financial assistance, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said at a meeting with members the country’s Olympics team. "The foundation will transfer funds to the Russian Olympic Committee to provide financial assistance to our leading athletes, members of our national track and field team banned from …

A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced ultranationalist politician Alexander Belov, a former leader of a banned anti-immigration movement, to seven and a half years in prison for extremism and money laundering. Belov was formerly coordinator of the populist Movement Against Illegal Immigrants, or DPNI, which had the slogan "Russia for (ethnic) Russians" and was …

The Madhya Pradesh government will soon give its employees salary and allowances as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission and also confirm daily wagers in service, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Monday. Speaking after unfurling the tricolour on the Independence Day at the Motilal Nehru Stadium in the state capital, the Chief Minister …